Bai Jin'an went to see Bai Yaoyao first thing in the morning.
"Base Chief, Dada Juan successfully reached level seven yesterday. Xiao Shiliu is the only one left."
Bai Yaoyao had never underestimated brain-type Ability Users, but after sparring with Dada Juan when she returned last night, she realized she had still underestimated Bai Jin'an.
In such a short time, he had figured out every detail of Dada Juan's movements and habits.
Dada Juan had also stopped using all his old skills. He was already proficient with the few new ones he had learned, and not only had he reached level seven, but his flames had mutated as well.
Their color hadn't changed, but water of the same level could no longer put them out easily.
Monkey had tested it himself and discovered... that Dada Juan chased him around beating him up the entire time.
Bai Yaoyao planned to have Bai Jin'an optimize all her brothers' skills once Xiao Shiliu's situation was sorted out.
"What's the plan for Xiao Shiliu?" Bai Yaoyao asked.
Bai Jin'an replied, "Don't you have a mind ability? Could you use hypnosis to briefly knock someone unconscious without them realizing it?"
Bai Yaoyao roughly understood Bai Jin'an's plan.
"Do we really need to go to all that trouble? Couldn't we just stage something?"
Bai Jin'an shook his head. "Xiao Shiliu is even more carefree than you think. Unless it feels real, it won't work. I suggest we never tell him about this, even afterward.
"He needs more weight on his shoulders before he'll learn to use his brain. Still, arranging a couple of actors beforehand is essential."
Only then did Bai Yaoyao seriously consider whether treating Xiao Shiliu this way... would be too cruel.
That boy had never been through much. Could she really burden him